World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches (WCC) "is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity.

"The WCC brings together 349 churches, denominations and church fellowships in more than 110 countries and territories throughout the world, representing over 560 million Christians and including most of the world's Orthodox churches, scores of denominations from such historic traditions of the Protestant Reformation as Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed, as well as many united and independent churches. While the bulk of the WCC's founding churches were European and North American, today most are in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and the Pacific."

Presidents
Accessed August 2008:


 * Archbishop Dr Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
 * John Taroanui Doom, Maohi Protestant Church (French Polynesia)
 * Rev. Dr Simon Dossou, Methodist Church in Benin
 * Rev. Dr Soritua Nababan, Protestant Christian Batak Church (Indonesia)
 * Rev. Dr Ofelia Ortega, Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba
 * Patriarch Abune Paulos, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
 * Rev. Dr Bernice Powell Jackson, United Church of Christ (USA)
 * Dr Mary Tanner, Church of England

Executive Committee
Accessed August 2008:
 * Bishop Ivan Manuel Abrahams - Methodist Church of Southern Africa, South Africa
 * Dr Agnes Abuom - Anglican Church of Kenya
 * Bishop Dr Hilarion Alfeev - Russian Orthodox Church, Austria
 * Rev. Dr Walter Altmann - Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil, Brazil
 * Archbishop Vicken Aykazian - Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Etchmiadzin), United States of America
 * Bishop Samuel Robert Azariah - Church of Pakistan, Pakistan
 * H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy - Coptic Orthodox Church, Egypt
 * Ms Nerissa Celestine-James - Church in the Province of the West Indies, Grenada
 * Dean Anders Gadegaard - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, Denmark
 * Metropolitan Prof. Dr Gennadios of Sassima - Ecumenical Patriarchate, Turkey
 * Rev. Dr Margaretha M. Hendriks-Ririmasse - Presbyterian Protestant Church in the Moluccas, Indonesia
 * Ms Hae-Sun Jung - Korean Methodist Church, Republic of Korea
 * Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia - World Council of Churches, Switzerland
 * Rev. Carmen Lansdowne - United Church of Canada, Canada
 * Rev. Sanele Faasua Lavatai - Methodist Church of Samoa, Samoa
 * Pasteur Antonio Pedro Malungo - Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola, Angola
 * Ms Lois McCullough Dauway - United Methodist Church, United States of America
 * Mr Graham Gerald McGeoch - Church of Scotland, United Kingdom
 * Archbishop Nifon of Targoviste - Romanian Orthodox Church, Romania
 * H.E. Metr. Vasilios of Constantia-Ammochostos - Church of Cyprus, Cyprus
 * Ms Iyabo Oyekola - Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide, Nigeria
 * Rev. Dr Larry Pickens - United Methodist Church, United States of America
 * Rev. Dr Tyrone Pitts - Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., United States of America
 * Bischof Martin Schindehutte - Evangelical Church in Germany, Germany
 * Ms Outi Vasko - Orthodox Church of Finland, Finland

Contact

 * Web: http://www.oikoumene.org

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